Vagabond
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
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Cast
41 people
Sandrine Bonnaire
Mona Bergeron
Known for
La Cérémonie
Three Days and a Life
Macha Méril
Madame Landier
Known for
Deep Red
The Married Woman
Yolande Moreau
Yolande
Known for
Amélie
The Brand New Testament
Stéphane Freiss
Jean-Pierre
Known for
Welcome to the Sticks
Five Times Two
Setti Ramdane
The Moroccan Who Discovers Mona
No other roles listed
Yahiaoui Assouna
Assoun
Marthe Jarnias
Old Aunt Lydie
Francis Balchère
Gendarmerie
No other roles listed
Jean-Louis Perletti
Gendarmerie
No other roles listed
Urbain Causse
Farmer Interviewed
No other roles listed
Christophe Alcazar
Ditch Burner
No other roles listed
Dominique Durand
First Biker
Agnès Varda Director · Patrick Blossier Cinematographer Patricia Mazuy Editor
Worldwide gross $8.1M · United States release May 16, 2000 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,100,000
Production
Films A2
Production
Ciné-Tamaris
Production
Ministère de la Culture
Production
Ministry of Culture (France)
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sans toit ni loi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Italy · August 30, 1985
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · December 4, 1985
Theatrical
United States · May 16, 2000
Physical · DVD
United States
March 4, 1986 · Premiere · San Francisco International Film Festival
April 18, 2015 · Premiere · Art of the Real, restoration
Argentina
November 21, 2012 · Premiere · Festival International de Cine de Mar del Plata
Australia
August 27, 1987 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 3, 1986 · Limited theatrical · Gent
Denmark
December 4, 1985 · Theatrical
September 10, 1987 · Premiere · French Film Week
Finland
December 4, 1985 · Limited theatrical
September 26, 1986 · Theatrical
France
June 18, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-Release, Restored version
September 1, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
March 11, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release, 4k restoration
Germany
April 24, 1986 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
November 13, 2000 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 15, 2019 · Premiere · Greek Film Archive
September 11, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Hungary
October 8, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
March 1, 1986 · Theatrical
Japan
November 2, 1991 · Theatrical
November 5, 2022 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 5, 1986 · Theatrical
February 12, 1989 · TV
May 2, 2011 · Physical · DVD
September 4, 2025 · Theatrical · De blik van Varda
Philippines
June 10, 2011 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Portugal
January 22, 1988 · Theatrical
June 2, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Russia
July 15, 1991 · Premiere · Museum of Cinema, Moscow
Singapore
November 12, 2021 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Spain
April 25, 1986 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
December 4, 1985 · Theatrical
October 3, 1986 · Theatrical
February 3, 2007 · Premiere · Goteborg International FIlm Festival
Ukraine
October 27, 2021 · Premiere · Kyiv Critics Week
United Kingdom
February 12, 1986 · Theatrical
June 4, 1987 · TV · Channel 4 (Film On Four International)
September 26, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
June 28, 2018 · Limited theatrical
June 8, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Uruguay
March 24, 1991 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
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